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- Updated: October 23, 2016
CHICAGO — Oh, how the Dodgers know the drill.
Four straight years they’ve watched October opponents go dog-pile-silly celebrating on the field. Then they trudge to the clubhouse, empty their lockers and pack their bags for a grim flight home and the start of another offseason of anguish. This time it resulted from Saturday night’s 5-0 Game 6 loss to the Cubs and elimination from the National League Championship Series.
“It’s going to take some time to get over this,” said Andrew Friedman, president of baseball operations.
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Needing two wins to reach the World Series, the Dodgers instead find themselves 28 years and counting since their last appearance, wondering, if they can’t get there with a rested Clayton Kershaw on the mound, how can they?
“They got hot, they played great. But we definitely helped them,” said first baseman Adrian Gonzalez. “We didn’t play good baseball the last three games, our brand of baseball. We beat ourselves a little bit. It just happens, I guess. You still have to tip your hat and give them credit, for sure, no doubt about it. But we definitely didn’t play the kind of baseball we’re accustomed to playing. They did everything they needed to do. Played unbelievable defense. They pitched. They did everything.”
And with everything on the line, the Dodgers did everything wrong. After leading the best-of-seven series, 2-1, they lost three straight as the offense went cold, the defense got sloppy and the starting pitchers couldn’t keep the Cubs bats’ from finally breaking out.
“You’re up in the series, and with two games at home, …
